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Position Summary:

Florida Atlantic University is seeking an Olympic Sports Equipment Director - Boca Raton, FL.

Responsible for overseeing the daily operations and management of the Athletics Equipment Room, with a primary focus on Olympic Sports, including equipment and apparel ordering, inventory management, distribution, budgeting, and vendor relations. Supervises equipment room staff, student managers, volunteers, and interns while ensuring student-athletes and coaches have the necessary equipment and apparel for practices, competitions, and travel. Ensures compliance with NCAA, Conference, and University policies and procedures while coordinating equipment operations, maintaining departmental partnerships, and supporting the overall needs of the Athletics Department.

Summary of Responsibilities

• Oversees the overall operation of the athletics equipment room, which involves ordering, tracking, and receiving equipment and apparel for all Olympic Sports.
• Reports to Assistant AD/ Equipment Operations and Logistics
• Tracks relevant equipment budgets and ensures invoices are paid in a timely manner.
• Maintain relationships with equipment vendors and sales representatives.
• Maintain an electronic inventory of the items distributed to and collected from each athlete and coach.
• Checks equipment out to athletes at the beginning of the year and receives the equipment back from the athletes at the conclusion of the year.
• Maintains and reconditions all equipment for their respective sports.
• Ensures that all athletes have their necessary apparel and equipment for practices, home competitions, and away competitions.
• Collects, cleans, and redistributes laundry for each of their teams.
• Understands and follows the rules and regulations of the NCAA, Conference and University Policies and Procedures.
• Focuses on Olympic Sports, oversees everyday aspects of the equipment room, including the supervision of staff members and interns.
• Supervise the staff in the equipment room, including a full-time employee, student managers, volunteers, and interns.
• Ordering, sizing, issuing, and overseeing all Olympic Sport needs, as well as overseeing ordering.
• Direct, plan, organize, and implement the equipment room functions.
• Assist in facilitating and helping the department's relationship/contract with Adidas.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

FAU Benefits and Perks

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• Excellent benefit packages including Medical (PPO/HMO $50 per month single & $180 per month family), Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Flexible Spending plans, Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and much more.
• State retirement options including tax-deferred annuities and Roth 403(b) plans.
• State employees Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.
• Sick Leave Pool Program.
• Paid time off (eligible employees) including vacation and sick leave, 1 personal day, 9 paid holidays, and paid winter break (at President’s discretion).
• Paid Community Engagement Volunteer Service Day
• Employee Educational Scholarship Program (EESP) for eligible Staff/Faculty - Tuition assistance after 6 months of full-time employment. For in-unit faculty, the EESP program may be extended to spouses and dependent children (eligibility rules apply).

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Minimum Qualifications:

A high school diploma and two years of appropriate experience.

Salary:

$60K - $74K Annually.

Administrative Managerial Professional (AMP)

College or Department:

University Athletics.

Location:

Boca Raton

Work Days and Hours:

Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm. Weekends and nights as needed.

Application Deadline:

2026-11-10

Special Instructions to Applicant:

APPLICATION DOCUMENTS REQUIRED:
Resume

OFFICIAL SEALED TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED:
Final candidate will be required to have official, sealed transcripts and original NACES evaluation, if applicable, sent from their educational institution to Human Resources prior to the start of employment.

PRE-EMPLOYMENT SCREENINGS REQUIRED:
Selected candidates must successfully complete and pass all employment screenings prior to the start of employment. Employment screenings may include a criminal background check (level I and level II), motor vehicle check, credit check, reference checks, alcohol, and drug screening check.

REQUEST FOR ACCOMMODATIONS:
Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations may contact the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX at 561-297-3004 or send an email at accommodate@fau.edu. To contact Human Resources, please call 561-297-3057. For communication assistance call 7-1-1.